I think I have become the Bulldogs Grinch.

[Remi Moses]

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Urban Dictionary describes it as:

A metaphor for a person or a group of people believing their own lies and propaganda.

If true, he is using it incorrectly.

The same media who told us we were "irrelevant " two years ago are now claiming we're drinking our own bath water. Just nonsense

[chef]

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Meh, our bathwater is delicious.

Bring on the Offended.

[Rocket Science]

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Meh, our bathwater is delicious.

Bring on the offended.

Drink up all ye faithful, it's thirsty work defending a flag. Or so I'm told.

[Twodogs]

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Crunchy Grinchola.

That's enough about Neil Diamond already.

[Twodogs]

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Bath water is a euphemism for your own seminal fluids. So it's like drinking your own piss to the extent that it's distilled inside you.

It doesn't make any sense to me either.

[LostDoggy]

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I love it. All. Waited a long time to be hated.

However, to suggest its own bathwater is ridiculous, the majority of the hype was created by those that are complaining.

[Sedat]

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They addressed the 'drinking your own bathwater'* issue on 360 last night, Robbo believing the 2016 focus has been a bit much.

Robbo dedicates 2 pages on a feature Bevo interview and then talks about Bulldog media overkill - yep, nice one

[always right]

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Robbo is a buffoon. It hasn't been the club generating all the post premiership coverage so how are we drinking our own bath water?

[Twodogs]

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I'd prefer we were gilding the lily myself.

[SonofScray]

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I had a similar feeling when I watched 'Into The Fury,' mostly because it felt like others have started to co-opt our story and rehash it in ways that can never and will never reflect the feeling The Month, then The Day gave us Scraggers. I haven't felt any ill will for the narrative or that it was in any way over the top, just ill will around people claiming it as theirs, when in fact it is exclusively ours.

It was absolutely euphoric, mass catharsis and transformative. As the meaning changes for people that aren't us i.e. the goodwill and patronising 2nd team stuff fades there seems to be an expectation that our meaning will fade too. It won't. We'll move on, no doubt, our first loss post Flag That Wagged will be telling, but it can't be taken away from us or changed on us.

The other thing is we've built a Church on which the Drought is the foundation, it is symbolic of all the positive features of our identity in the face of adversity. The drought has been broken, so it creates a bit of uncertainty.

I had a sebaceous cyst on my shoulder that was huge for about 2 years, I used to fiddle with it and try pop it etc all the time. When I had it removed surgically, I found all the habits I had built up around it hard to break, it was unsatisfying to the point I missed the lump on my shoulder. I think there is something like that at play at the moment, on the eve of the season.

[ledge]

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Del Santo took over from Barrett tonight .. Made the statement no team is a lock for finals when asked about the Bulldogs but in the next sentence told us GWS were a lock to win the gf and be a powerhouse the next few years.. Amazing .. Even Robbo gave him a strange look.

[jazzadogs]

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I had a sebaceous cyst on my shoulder that was huge for about 2 years, I used to fiddle with it and try pop it etc all the time. When I had it removed surgically, I found all the habits I had built up around it hard to break, it was unsatisfying to the point I missed the lump on my shoulder. I think there is something like that at play at the moment, on the eve of the season.

Perfect analogy for how I feel. Supporting the battling Bulldogs has been a part of my identity...it's strange to not have that anymore!

[Bulldog Joe]

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Urban Dictionary describes it as:

A metaphor for a person or a group of people believing their own lies and propaganda.

If true, he is using it incorrectly.

So the true definition is James Hird and Essendon.

[comrade]

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It's like we all used to love the Bulldogs before they were cool, like an indie band that only you and your mates knew about. Then they release a huge mainstream hit and everyone claims to be a long time fan.

[The Doctor]

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I can understand some people's mind reverting back to the "battling bulldogs" mentality but my advice is get over it. We are winners and deserve to be grinners. Things have changed and my mind started preparing for a successful era during the pre-season of 2015.

I love it. the afterglow of being premiers is phenomenal and i want to see more of

Bob Murphy kissing babies
Matty Boyd becoming mayor of Footscray
Dale Morris having a statue ( a la the Colossus of Rhodes) standing over Barkly St
Easton Wood giving speeches to Parliament
Liam Picken fronting ACDC
Jake Stringer in the next Wrestlemania
Who Wants to be a Millionaire being re-named to "Who Wants to be a Tom Boyd"
Libba hosting his own reality lifestyle show

etc

lets do this again!